A lifelong bookworm and unapologetic generalist, Regina Hayes, who led Viking Children’s Books from 1982 to 2012 and is now a Viking editor at large, has ranged widely across genres in an action-packed career marked by intense curiosity, quiet, persistent daring, and a firm grasp of the world in which the young people she publishes for live. Read Leonard‘s wide-ranging interview with Hayes in the March/April issue of The Horn Book.